Which one of the following is an advantage of centralisation?
Which of the following statements is/are true?
(i) An informal organisation exists within every formal organisation
(ii) The objectives of the informal organisation are broadly the same as those of the formal organisation
(iii) A strong, close-knit informal organisation is desirable within the formal organisation
What is an organisation which has removed the internal barriers which separate hierarchy levels and functions and also
between the organisation and its suppliers, customers and competitors known as?
Which of the following statements are true?
(i) With a shared service centre services are likely to be less tailored
(ii) The IT function is commonly provided using shared service approach
(iii) A shared service centre is not part of the organisation
BZ Ness Ltd is an organisation with a strongly traditional outlook. It is structured and managed according to classical
principles: specialisation, the scalar chain of command, unity of command and direction. Personnel tend to focus on their
own distinct tasks, which are strictly defined and directed. Communication is vertical, rather than lateral. Discipline is much
prized and enshrined in the rule book of the company.From the scenario,
what sort of culture does BZ Ness Ltd have, using Harrison's classifications?
Which of the following statements is true?
Culture is the collective programming of the mind which distinguishes the members of one from another.
Which word or phrase most accurately completes the definition?
Which of the following is not one of the terms used by Hofstede to describe a key dimension of culture?
Which is the 'deepest' set of underlying factors which determine culture, and the hardest to manage?
Who defined organisational culture as 'the set of shared, taken-for-granted implicit assumptions that a group holds and that
determines how it perceives, thinks about and reacts to its environment'?